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In May 2021, Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania became the first jurisdiction in the United States to ban nearly all uses of solitary confinement by a referendum of the county’s voters, following years of abuse allegations and multiple suicides at the county jail. The new policy was supposed to go into effect in December, but, as […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: An Open Letter from the Allegheny County Jail

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by Voices from Solitary

April 27, 2022

News & Features

DC’s Youth Face Solitary Confinement in District Jails and Federal Prisons

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by Abby Taskier

December 19, 2013

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